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People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Affiliation(set)
Position
Citizenship(set)
Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Vasily Stepanovich Fursov Василий Степанович Фурсов
A physicist who linked reactor theory to scientific education
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1998
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Mikhail Alekseyevich Prokofyev Михаил Алексеевич Прокофьев
The scientist-minister who led Soviet education for 18 years
Education · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1999
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Pyotr Stepanovich Neporozhny Пётр Степанович Непорожний
The longest-serving energy minister who built the Unified Energy System
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1999
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Nikolai Konstantinovich Beloborodov Николай Константинович Белобородов
First deputy chief of the 12th GUMO who commanded Soviet nuclear warheads in Cuba and, three decades later, wrote the definitive report
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–2003
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Pavel Vasilyevich Rychagov Павел Васильевич Рычагов
The ace who told Stalin Soviet planes were flying coffins
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1941
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Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov Николай Иванович Кузнецов
Soviet spy who posed as a German officer in Nazi-occupied Ukraine and personally eliminated high-ranking officials
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1944
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Kirill Ivanovich Shchelkin Кирилл Иванович Щёлкин
The physicist who personally armed the first Soviet atomic bomb and built the second nuclear weapons center as its first scientific director
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1968
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Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel Михаил Кузьмич Янгель
Designer whose storable-propellant rockets became the backbone of the Strategic Rocket Forces
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1971
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Alexander Mikhailovich Tarasov Александр Михайлович Тарасов
The man who opened the Soviet mass-automobile era: father of the Lada
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1975
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Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh Мстислав Всеволодович Келдыш
Academy president who coordinated space science
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1978
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Konstantin Nikolayevich Rudnev Константин Николаевич Руднев
The defence-industry administrator who sent Gagarin into space
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1980
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Mefody Naumovich Sveshnikov Мефодий Наумович Свешников
A career banker of peasant stock who rose to the summit of the Soviet monobank
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1981
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Nikolai Timofeyevich Grishin Иван Тимофеевич Гришин
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade for 26 years who steered industrial import deals across the Brezhnev era
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1985
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Vasily Fyodorovich Garbuzov Василий Фёдорович Гарбузов
The long-serving finance minister of stagnation
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1985
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Lev Nikolayevich Smirnov Лев Николаевич Смирнов
From Nuremberg assistant prosecutor to chief justice of the USSR, the Supreme Court chairman who presided over political trials
Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1986
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Grigory Sergeyevich Zolotukhin Григорий Сергеевич Золотухин
A Brezhnev-era agricultural functionary who ran Tambov and Krasnodar, then oversaw Soviet grain procurement for 14 years
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1988
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Lev Markovich Volodarsky Лев Маркович Володарский
Keeper of Soviet state statistics who managed the planned economy's numbers as the younger brother of a revolutionary martyr
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1989
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Georgy Mokeevich Markov Георгий Мокеевич Марков
The Brezhnev-era literary gatekeeper who celebrated Siberia while enforcing official aesthetics as head of the Writers' Union for 15 years
Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1991
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Vladimir Semyonovich Semyonov Владимир Семёнович Семёнов
Four-decade architect of Soviet German policy
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1992
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Nikolai D. Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov Николай Дмитриевич Кузнецов
From the NK-12 to the NK-33: the chief engine designer who powered Soviet skies and space
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1995
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Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov Николай Константинович Байбаков
Long-serving Gosplan chairman of the stagnation era
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–2008
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Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov Сергей Леонидович Соколов
The defence minister removed after the Rust affair
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–2012
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Marina Mikhaylovna Raskova Марина Михайловна Раскова
Record-breaking aviator who created the women's combat air regiments
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1943
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Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky Иван Игнатьевич Якубовский
Belarusian-born marshal who commanded the Warsaw Pact forces for nine years
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1976
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Sergei Alekseyevich Zverev Сергей Алексеевич Зверев
The Defense Industry Minister who ran Soviet conventional arms production for 13 years under Brezhnev
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1978
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Sabit Atayevich Orudzhev Сабит Атаевич Оруджев
The Azeri engineer who built the Soviet gas industry into the world's largest
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1981
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Mikhail Porfiryevich Georgadze Михаил Порфирьевич Георгадзе
The institutional anchor who co-signed every Soviet decree across four heads of state for 25 years
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1982
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Sergei Pavlovich Trapeznikov Сергей Павлович Трапезников
The gatekeeper of academic orthodoxy in the Brezhnev era
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1984
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Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich Леонид Витальевич Канторович
The Nobel laureate who tried to optimize central planning with mathematics
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1986
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Vladimir Ilyich Stepakov Владимир Ильич Степаков
Brezhnev-era Agitprop chief removed over a misattributed Lenin quote
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1987
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Sergey Georgiyevich Lapin Сергей Георгиевич Лапин
Brezhnev's broadcasting czar who ran all Soviet TV and radio for 15 years
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1990
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Boris Fyodorovich Bratchenko Борис Фёдорович Братченко
The coal minister who led the Soviet mining industry for twenty years across the Brezhnev era
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–2004
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Pyotr Andreyevich Abrassimov Пётр Андреевич Абрасимов
The Soviet 'governing ambassador' who managed Cold War Berlin
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–2009
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Boris Yevseyevich Chertok Борис Евсеевич Черток
Korolev's deputy who designed the brains of Sputnik and then wrote the history of the Soviet space program
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–2011
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Vasily Mikhailovich Vinevitin Василий Михайлович Виневитин
The NKVD sniper lieutenant who shot the Japanese gendarme on Frinovsky's order
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1938
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Mikhail Dmitrievich Ryumin Михаил Дмитриевич Рюмин
Engineer of the Doctors' Plot, NKVD bookkeeper turned deputy minister
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1954
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Nikita Arkadyevich Krimyan Никита Аркадьевич Кримян
The investigator who became Armenia's security minister at thirty-one
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1955
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Mikhail Dmitrievich Millionshchikov Михаил Дмитриевич Миллионщиков
The scientist-statesman who built nuclear weapons and called for their abolition
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1973
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Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin Александр Иванович Покрышкин
The ace who rewrote Soviet fighter tactics, the only soldier awarded Hero of the Soviet Union three times during wartime
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1985
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Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov Георгий Николаевич Флёров
One letter that woke Stalin, one element that bears his name
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1990
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Sergei Mitrofanovich Kovalev Сергей Митрофанович Ковалёв
Soviet ideologue who codified the Brezhnev Doctrine in the pages of Pravda
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1990
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Viktor Ivanovich Kuznetsov Виктор Иванович Кузнецов
The tallest and most silent of the Great Six, the father of Soviet gyroscopic guidance, from Sputnik to Buran
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1991
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Vladimir Alekseyevich Kirillin Владимир Алексеевич Кириллин
Architect of Soviet civilian R&D policy in the age of the scientific-technical revolution
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1999
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Alexander Ivanovich Alexeyev Александр Иванович Алексеев
KGB officer turned first Soviet ambassador to Cuba who won Castro's trust and warned Khrushchev against the missile deployment
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–2001
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Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov Тихон Николаевич Хренников
Gatekeeper of Soviet music for 43 years
Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–2007
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev Михаил Сергеевич Соломенцев
Brezhnev-era industrial technocrat who ran the Russian republic for 12 years
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–2008
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Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov Сергей Владимирович Михалков
The poet who wrote the anthem for Stalin, Brezhnev, and Putin
Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–2009
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Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin Георгий Николаевич Бабакин
Chief Designer behind Luna 9 and Lunokhod, the man whose robots reached the Moon and Venus first
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1971
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Viktor Aleksandrovich Davidenko Виктор Александрович Давиденко
A pioneer of two-stage thermonuclear design
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1983
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Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov Павел Степанович Кутахов
Longest-serving Soviet Air Force chief, the fighter ace who led Soviet air power to its Cold War zenith
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1984